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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "بایر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "کم باران"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "drieech"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "árido"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "suxój",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "сухо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zasúšlivyj",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "засу́шливый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezvódnyj",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "безво́дный"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "àrridu"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "àridu"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "very dry",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "assuttu"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "very dry",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "àrridu"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "aramiddu"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "séccu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "árido"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "landscape",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "çorak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "landscape",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "kurak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "suxýj",
"sense": "very dry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сухи́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "posúšlyvyj",
"sense": "very dry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "посу́шливий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezvódnyj",
"sense": "very dry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "безво́дний"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "خشک"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "qurghaq",
"sense": "very dry",
"word": "қурғақ"
}
],
"word": "arid"
}
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